So Jon Huntsman went “all-postal” on this new version of the GOP. He talked about their lack of science, unhealthy commitments to pledges and their ball-and chain attachment to lowering taxes. Okay, the “ball-and chain” quip are my words. There are multiple versions of this story buzzing all over the internet so I’ll give you the shortest one to help you see why cons are going nuts:

“Jon Huntsman "took a battle axe to his own party, comparing it to China's Communist Party and criticizing it's standard bearer in a wide-ranging interview," BuzzFeed reports. He also "jokingly blamed his failed candidacy in part on his wife, Mary Kaye, who told him she'd leave him if he abandoned his principles."

Said Huntsman: "She said if you pandered, if you sign any of those damn pledges, I'll leave you. So I had to say I believe in science -- and people on stage look at you quizzically as though you're was an oddball."

Huntsman added that Ronald Reagan would "likely not" be able to win the GOP nomination in this environment.”